Chords for Peter Street

Oh now people pay attention and listen to me song
It isn't my intention to detain you very long
_ I came home from sea the other night
And a lassie I chanced to meet
She invited me to dance with her down on Peter Street _
Oh I said me pretty fair maid I do not dance too well
And I am bound for Wigan town where me parents they do dwell
I have been at sea for seven long years
And I've saved up fifty pounds
And me parents are expecting me tonight in Wigan town
_ Oh sir if you were to go with me you would surely have a treat
We would have a glass of brandy and something [C] nice to eat
And at six o'clock in the evening I would convey you to the train
And you'd be sure to call on me when you're in town again
_ _ Well this lassie was persuasive and so nice to old Jack Tark
So I agreed to go with her and so we hired a car
And the neighbours they all stopped and stared
And I heard one of them say
Be Jesus he'll need the jaunt in car before he gets away
_ _ [F] Well now when we got inside the house oh then the whisky was brought in
And when every manor daddies filled the dance it did begin
_ And me love and I we danced a reel to a good old-fashioned tune
And I did a couple of double shuffles all around the room
_ _ When the dancing it was over boys then for bed we did prepare
And when I awoke next morning the truth I will declare
Me gold pocket watch and fifty pounds and me lady friend had fled
And left me there Jack all alone stark naked on the bed
_ Well I looked all around me but nothing could I spy
But a lady's shift and a prunner hanging up to dry
I tore me hair and I cursed the drink
Oh [C] Lord what will I do?
The Lord forgive me Wigan town will I ever again see [Abm] you?
_ _ When the daylight was departing and night was drawing near
I put on the shift and apron and I walked down to the pier
And as I crept on board the ship I heard one sailor say
Be Jesus old Jack has got the ducks before he got away
_ Oh is [F] that the new spring fashion Jack that you have brought from shore?
Where is the shop you bought it boy?
Oh have they any more?
The last time that I spoke to you you said you were homeward bound
Christ you might have got a better suit than that for fifty pounds
_ _ Well I might have got a better [G] suit if I had had a chance
But I met a pretty fair maid who invited me to dance
And I danced me own destruction with that lassie that was so neat
So no more will I go dancing boys down on Peter Street _ _ _ _